OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 17983

victual

/ˈvɪtəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vituallar
To provide (military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision.
Spinola [Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases] continueth in his trenches before Breda, and victualeth and strengtheneth Breda, which being done, it is thought he will be…
[T]hy louing voyage / Is but for two moneths victuall’d: […]